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bub
(bŭb)n. Slang
Used as a term of familiar address, especially for a man or boy: See you around, bub.
[Probably alteration and shortening of brother.]
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bub
(bʌb)n
1. informal Also called: bubba US fellow; youngster: used as a form of address
2. slang
a. a baby
b. bubs grade the first grade of schooling; nursery school
[C20: perhaps from German Bube boy]
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bub
(bʌb)n. Slang.
(used as an often insolent term of address) brother; buddy.
[1830–40, Amer.; perhaps < German Bub, short for Bube boy]
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